[HIham] Repeat showing of the ISS and the Space Shuttle

Ron Hashiro rhashiro at hawaiiantel.net
Fri Jun 13 02:37:19 EDT 2008


Hope you all enjoyed tonight's front-row seating to the greatest sky 
show in town.  The Space Station was briliant, followed about a minute 
later by the Space Shuttle.  A number of us on the 146.88 repeater took 
in the sights real time.

Here's tomorrow night's showing.

Date: 	Friday, 13 June, 2008
Satellite: 	ISS
Observer's Location: 	Honolulu ( 21.3070°N, 157.8580°W)
Local Time: 	Universal Coordinated Time 10 (GMT - 10:00)
Orbit: 	335 x 343 km, 51.6° (Epoch 11 Jun)
Sun altitude at time of
maximum pass altitude: 	-14.9°

Event 	Time 	Altitude 
<http://www.heavens-above.com/glossary.aspx?lat=21.307&lng=-157.858&alt=9&loc=Honolulu&TZ=UCT10&term=altitude> 
	Azimuth 
<http://www.heavens-above.com/glossary.aspx?lat=21.307&lng=-157.858&alt=9&loc=Honolulu&TZ=UCT10&term=azimuth> 
	Distance (km)
Rises above horizon 	20:18:51 	-0° 	307° (NW ) 	2,121
Reaches 10° altitude 	20:21:00 	10° 	295° (WNW) 	1,283
Maximum altitude 	20:23:30 	27° 	234° (SW ) 	688
Enters shadow 	20:24:54 	18° 	188° (S ) 	920

And, the viewing data for the Space Shuttle


Date: 	Friday, 13 June, 2008
Satellite: 	STS-124
Observer's Location: 	Honolulu ( 21.3070°N, 157.8580°W)
Local Time: 	Universal Coordinated Time 10 (GMT - 10:00)
Orbit: 	335 x 344 km, 51.6° (Epoch 11 Jun)
Sun altitude at time of
maximum pass altitude: 	-15.1°

Event 	Time 	Altitude 
<http://www.heavens-above.com/glossary.aspx?lat=21.307&lng=-157.858&alt=9&loc=Honolulu&TZ=UCT10&term=altitude> 
	Azimuth 
<http://www.heavens-above.com/glossary.aspx?lat=21.307&lng=-157.858&alt=9&loc=Honolulu&TZ=UCT10&term=azimuth> 
	Distance (km)
Rises above horizon 	20:19:46 	-0° 	307° (NW ) 	2,130
Reaches 10° altitude 	20:21:56 	10° 	294° (WNW) 	1,292
Maximum altitude 	20:24:26 	26° 	234° (SW ) 	707
Enters shadow 	20:25:50 	18° 	189° (S ) 	931




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